A leader who holds power has to do something good at least to his home town or constituency. But, what if he fails in this regard? Will the people remain silent?
The candidature of Vijaykumar Hegde, State Vice President of the Rajya Raitha Sangha and President of the anti-UPCL Action committee as an indepdendent from Kaup assembly constituency, is expected to give a jolt to the BJP, Congress and JD(S) candidates.
Udupi district will witness an interesting battle in all the five assembly constituencies in the district, thanks to the several latest developments. If the sitting Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat is caught in a sleaze video row, in Kundapur, the former BJP MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty is now an independent candidate. In Byndoor the sitting MLA Lakshminarayana is seen rubbing shoulders with KJP, while in Kaup there is resentment in Congress after the party fielded Vinaykumar Sorake. Karkala sees an interesting battle between candidates who lost and won and vice versa.
The BJP government which had failed to even ensure a fair distribution of ration cards to eligible beneficiaries of the state in the past five years of its rule in the state, is struggling not only to face the voters in the upcoming elections, but also its very own party workers.
The year 2012 is drawing to a close and the world is set to welcome the dawn of another New Year. If there were some things to cheer about during the year, the several criminal cases reported during the year, have equally shocked the people of the district.
Chief Minister Shettar has declared Kittur in his home district as a taluk head quarters within three months of his taking charge. He has also assured crores of rupees for the development of Kittur and has already released Rs 200 crores. Shettar has thus in his capacity as CM, has gifted Puttur taluk to his home district. But, what has DV Sadananda Gowda during his 11 month tenure as chief minister done to his home district?
In the aftermath of the Morning Mist home stay attack in Mangalore, attempts are underway to project that the ‘bad habits’ of youngsters was leading to such cases. More than the attackers, the victims themselves are projected as culprits by many.
The Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bye elections may pave way for a political change. This constituency which had helped the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to stage a comeback 34 years ago, is now once again in the news.
All are equal in the eyes of the Law in India. Still, some are more equal than
others. This has to be said considering the scope given to the three accused former ministers in
the porn gate scandal, to escape.
Humanitarian values should always get their due priority even in the abode of the Lord. Be it
any religion, when any practice or tradition degrades such values,